DUDLEY Council has closed the swimming pools at Dudley Leisure Centre due to a technical fault. On its official Twitter feed earlier this evening, the council said public swim, swim lessons and tiny tadpoles sessions would not take place until further
A WOMAN who suffered serious injuries in a road crash on the Birmingham New Road, Dudley, has died. The 73-year-old was struck by a van just before 2pm on Friday (January 10) and she passed away at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Saturday
A LORRY driver who was involved in a crash which killed a Brierley Hill cyclist told a jury he gave enough room so he could safely get past. Richard Merris was behind the wheel of an HGV on the A449 at Hartlebury, travelling towards Worcester,
West Midlands Trains (WMT) has replaced its managing director amid growing concern over the performance of its services, the company has announced. Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde has been succeeded by Julian Edwards, who has been a director at the
POLICE say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a man found lying in a Stourbridge street at the weekend. Officers along with paramedics were called to Union Street at around 9am on Saturday (January 11) to reports of
A FRESHLY-planted crop of cannabis has been raided by police called to a burglary in Oldbury. Officers were responding to a burglary in progress on Fisher Street, this afternoon (January 13), when they discovered the plants. Officers said the
A GAS leak has prompted traffic bosses to issue an emergency closure order for a service road off Hagley Road in Stourbridge. The service road near 326/328 Hagley Road - around 120m south of the junction with The Paddock - has been closed while
HALESOWEN group Startime Variety is staging a panto version of the classic fairy tale Rapunzel in the town later this month. Members of the performing arts group will be treading the boards in the show at Cornbow Hall from Wednesday January 29
A NEW Stourbridge amateur theatre group is promising a night of comedy as it gets set to stage its second outing. Stourbridge Writers and Actors Group, known as SWAG, is staging Eating Out - A Night At The Palace - at Gig Mill Church Hall, Glebe
Delivery company Hermes has launched an investigation after shocking photos emerged of packages strewn in the back of one of its vans and scattered across a depot in Yorkshire. The pictures, taken in the week after Christmas, show parcels littered
BEWDLEY Town continue to breathe down the neck of long time leaders Shifnal Town following a compelling week in the West Midlands League title race. Second placed Bewdley cut Shifnal's advantage to six points in midweek after beating the Shropshire
RESIDENTS in three Halesowen streets which are used as a 'rat run' by motorists are calling for the speed limit to be lowered to 20mph. People living in Short Street, Attwood Street and Bloomfield Street North, contacted Labour candidate Andrew
DRIVERS on a busy route in the borough can expect months of disruption when electrical work starts today (Monday, January 13). Western Power Distribution is carrying out work to lay over 800m of cabling on Pedmore Road, from Highgate Road to Pedmore
